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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
kryssa n
- definite plural of kryss
Etymology 2
Verb
kryssa
- inflection of krysse:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
kryssa n
- definite plural of kryss
Swedish
Etymology
Calque of Dutch kruisen. By surface analysis, kryss + -a. Nautical sense attested since 1823, marking sense attested since 1931.
Verb
kryssa (present kryssar, preterite kryssade, supine kryssat, imperative kryssa)
- to write an x in a fill-in box
Jag kryssar för svenska som modersmål- I mark Swedish as mother tongue.
- (nautical) to beat, sail on a zig-zag course to make progress upwind.
Conjugation
Conjugation of kryssa (weak)
Derived terms
References
- kryss in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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